A Kilogram!

We have to apologize again for not being as good about our updates as we try to be. Life just gets so hectic! Especially since we can now say that Logan is doing really well and we are spending even more time at the hospital.
Logan hit a kilogram on Lance's birthday (Wednesday, August 29). He is now about 1100 grams which is about 2 and a half pounds. He is still on the CPAP and is doing even better with it. We think that he will be off it altogether within a few weeks. The broviac (the line in his chest) was taken out last week because it had caused an infection. So right now he is on antibiotics for that infection. But other than that, he has not had too many bad days. He did have to get another transfusion (number 15 we think...we've lost count!) last week because he was anemic and having a harder time breathing on his own. He stopped breathing a few times, and we think he was just checking to make sure Mom's tear ducts still worked. He just wanted to make sure he could still upset her enough to make her cry (which he certiainly did!) But the blood really helped out and he was much better the next day. Logan is now stable enough that we can hold him every day. And we don't just have to kangaroo with him, we are actually able to hold him like a real baby! And he is wearing clothes! He has a bunch of preemie clothes that we bought him, and even though they are WAY too big on him still, he looks really cute in them. We were able to hold him yesterday and today for about 4 hours each day. The only bad thing about that is that it is now harder than ever for us to leave at the end of the day. He is just so darn cute! He is starting to really get even more of a personality. Now that he doesn't have the ventilator down his throat, he smiles all the time. He loves when daddy talks to him, and that is when he seems to grin the most. He also likes to smile at the pretty young nurses who take care of him. He has more girlfriends than he can count. Every nurse who has him is absolutely smitten with him. As are we (and he'll get all of you too when he meets you!) The other big step forward he has taken is that he is no longer in an incubator that keeps him warm. He is being weaned off of that and is being challanged to maintain his own temperature. If he is able to do so while still growing and breathing on his own, he could be in an open crib soon. We are still looking at the beginning of November as a possible time to bring him home.
Thank you all so much for the love and prayers. The miracles we have witnessed take our breath away. Our little boy is such a blessing to us and is really the highlight of every day. Even the bad days no longer seem so bad because we love him more and more every day. We have made friends with another couple in the NICU and if you are praying for Logan anyway, maybe you could say a prayer for their little boys. They have twins who are about Logan's age and are having a tough time with their respiratory status. We know they would appreciate the prayers just as much as we have.
We promise to be more diligent with our updates!
All of our love,
Meghann, Lance and Logan